Saturday 20th April, 2024

 We both slept reasonably well, but were awake at 6.30am.  John went for a walk, and we then both went back to bed and slept until nearly midday (we were obviously tired!!)

We then called an Uber into the centre of Miami, to the Bricknell Centre. An amazing complex with lots of high end shops and places to eat, that spans a couple of blocks.  We shared some lunch here, and most of the conversation we could overheard was Spanish, or as one of the waitress called it " Spanglish"

We the wandered around for a while, and were trying to figure out what direction the port was in, and as we were in need of another drink - coffee for me, we went back to where we had lunch and asked the hostess which direction it was !! her reply was priceless !! "I don't know, I lived here all my life, and didn’t know there was one !!!! I will go get the manager "

Miami is considered the largest cruise port in the world, and is probably 15mins from the Centre where we were 😊

The manager, was very informative and spent some time talking to us.  
We then decided to go to Bayside Marketplace, as it was after 5.30 pm. What a great place !! lots of market stalls and eatery places, right on the bay.  Lots of scenic cruises and party boats leave from here.  We just sat and soaked up the atmosphere, which was amazing.  Music, dancing, (they love to dance, and have such great rhythm!!. We can only explain it as "Darling Harbour on steroids x 100"

After dinner, we ordered an Uber (what a mixup!) and eventually had a lovely lady driver, take us back to the hotel and also agree to collect us to go the the ship in the morning.